| 词条 | Arbor Low |
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|name = Arbor Low |native_name = |alternate_name = |image = Arbor low 274167 560a8cc3.jpg |caption = |alt = grassy area with a raised circular area with stones lying in a roughly circular pattern |location = near Middleton-by-Youlgreave and Bakewell[1] |region = Derbyshire, England |coordinates = {{coord|53|10|08|N|01|45|42|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |type = Henge monument |material = |epochs = |public_access = |condition = |website = | designation1 = Scheduled Ancient Monument | designation1_offname = Arbor Low henge, large irregular stone circle, linear bank and bowl barrow | designation1_number = 1011087 | designation1_date = 18 August 1882[2] }} Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England.[3] Arbor Low is in the White Peak area of the Peak District: the White Peak is a Carboniferous Limestone plateau lying between approximately {{convert|200|and|400|m}} OD. The site is private property, accessible through the courtesy of the owner, and is managed by the Peak District National Park Authority.[3] As of February 2017, an entrance fee of £1 per adult is requested by the landowner. Children can enter free of charge. DescriptionArbor Low consists of about 50 large limestone blocks, quarried from a local site, which form an egg-shaped circle, with monoliths at the entrances, and possibly a portal stone at the south entrance. There is also a large pit at the north entrance, which possibly contained a stone. Some of the stones are broken; some of these fragments may originally have been joined together, such that there were originally between 41 and 43 stones. The stones range from {{convert|1.6|to|2.1|m}} tall, with the monoliths being between {{convert|2.6|and|2.9|m}}.[1] In the centre lie seven smaller blocks, which form a cove.[1] One stone is partially upright; the rest are all lying down.[1] Although it is frequently stated that the stones have never stood upright, it is possible that they had originally been set upright in shallow stone holes.[4] The stones are surrounded by an oval earthen bank, approximately {{convert|90|by|85|m}} at the outside edges and {{convert|2|m}} high, with an interior ditch being about 2 m deep and between {{convert|7|and|10|m}} wide. There are two causeway entrances breaching both the bank and ditch; the north-west one is {{convert|9|m}} wide, and the south-south-east one is {{convert|6|m}} wide. Within the bank lies an inner platform {{convert|52|by|40|m}} in area.[1] Few henge monuments in the British Isles are as well preserved. Arbor Low was one of the first ancient monuments to be given statutory protection, in the 1880s. Small monoliths engraved VR and GR (for Victoria Regina and Georgius Rex) still stand around the henge, demarcating the protected area. Human remainsHuman skeletal remains were discovered close to the central cove within the circle[1] during excavations between 1901 and 1902.[4] Surrounding landscapeA large Bronze Age round cairn or barrow was built later, to the east of the henge, using material taken from the earth bank. It was excavated in 1845 and found to contain a cremation burial and various grave goods which are now in Sheffield City Museum.[5] Arbor Low is part of a larger complex, and is linked by an earth ridge to the earlier Neolithic oval barrow of Gib Hill 320m away.[6] Construction and usageThe bank and ditch of the henge, as well as its two entrances, were probably established in the Late Neolithic period, with the stones added later, some time before 2000 BC. The site seems to have been in use until into the Bronze Age, which was when the outer bank was reconstructed so that the round barrow could be erected. Both the earthworks and the stoneworks are probably later than the nearby Gib Hill.[1] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web | url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=0003 | title=The Megalithic Portal and Megalithic Map: Arbor Low 1 Stone Circle | accessdate=3 January 2008}} 2. ^{{National Heritage List for England |num=1011087|desc=Arbor Low henge, large irregular stone circle, linear bank and bowl barrow|accessdate=15 February 2014}} 3. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.11520 | title=Arbor Low Stone Circle and Gibb Hill Barrow | publisher=English Heritage | accessdate=3 January 2008}} 4. ^1 {{PastScape|mnumber=308656 |mname=Arbor Low|accessdate= 24 September 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1734 |publisher=www.megalithic.co.uk |title=Arbor Low Earthwork |date=29 June 2012 |accessdate=12 October 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/arbor-low-stone-circle-and-gib-hill-barrow/history/ |title=History of Arbor Low Henge and Stone Circle and Gib Hill Barrow |publisher=English Heritage |accessdate=12 October 2016}} Further reading
External links{{Commons category|Arbor Low}}
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